EXPATRIATE PATRIOTS

Shyamon Jayasinghe Melbourne

It is easy to reply to "Nissanka" who's piece appears as
a response to one of mine, in Lankaweb's issue today: Nissanka has,
obviously, not read my piece although he pretends to be responding
to same.

Such is also typical of the closed- mind syndrome of the so-called
expatriate patriots. I have dealt only with the question of hatred
and intolerance displayed by these patriots domiciled in Australia,
UK, US etc toward other Sinhala Buddhists in those countries-with
the vile filth of their anonymous slander mail etc.

Since there is no logical reason for a person to HATE another who
disagrees with him/her, this specific reaction must be traced to an
unconscious imbalance or disturbance in their their personalities
that can only be traced by counselling.

What really goes on with this kind of expatriate patriotism may,
therefore, have nothing to do with the noble quality of patriotism
per se but with an inner state of personality deficiency- an inferiority
complex for instance.

This neurotic phenomenon also explains the contradictions in their
stand: Patriots in Melbourne and Sydney are guilty of sponsoring anti-Christian
"heroism" among Buddhists. I have their records filed. If
one is a true patriot would one would not do anything to disrupt the
unity of the Sinhalese by this kind of action?